Medical tourism in Germany : determinants of international patients' destination choice

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    • Schmerler, Klaus

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Medical tourism in Germany : determinants of international patients' destination choice

Klaus Schmerler

(Developments in health economics and public policy, v. 13)

Springer, c2018

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Includes bibliographical references

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内容説明

This book examines the drivers of inbound medical tourism in Germany. In light of growing international trade of medical services, it provides a quantitative analysis of the determinants of international patients' choice of destination. It develops coherent definitions of medical tourism and medical travel, and presents multiple unique data sets to identify inbound medical travelers in Germany. Further, it introduces an empirical modeling framework for investigating and quantifying the drivers and effects of a patient's choice of destination at the national, hospital and individual level. A particular focus of the analysis lies on cultural proximity and personal networks as key channels to convey trust in a destination's service. In addition, real consideration sets of international patients are presented. The findings presented are embedded in a global context and will help inform future empirical investigations and modeling.

目次

1 A Dearth of Empirical Investigations ....... 12 Traveling for Treatment: Taxonomy, Patient Flows and Candidate Drivers ... 52.1 Medical Tourists ...................................... 52.1.1 Mode of Delivery ....................... 52.1.2 Treatment Focus .............................. 62.1.3 Elective Care ..................................... 92.1.4 Cross-Border Operations ................... 92.1.5 Time Horizon .................... 112.1.6 Summary ............................. 112.2 Medical Tourism Flows ..................... 132.2.1 World ................................ 142.2.2 Germany ............................. 192.3 Drivers of Medical Tourism .................. 502.3.1 Domestic Availability ..................... 502.3.2 Price .................................................. 512.3.3 Quality ........................................................ 572.3.4 Tourism ............................................. 582.3.5 Facilitation .................................... 602.3.6 Proximity ............................................ 652.3.7 Summary ..................................... 672.4 Implications of Medical Tourism .................. 722.4.1 Migration and Local Access .................... 722.4.2 Treatment Quality and Continuity of Care ........... 742.4.3 Legal Aspects ............................ 762.4.4 Ethics ............................................. 802.5 Summary ................................. 833 The Sum of Its Parts: A Structured Approach to the Modeling of Destination Choice 863.1 Product Disaggregation ......................... 863.2 Consumer Disaggregation .......................... 893.3 Supplier Disaggregation ......................... 913.3.1 Physician Choice .......................................... 923.3.2 Provider Choice ................................ 943.3.3 Country Choice ........................................... 953.3.4 Destination Choice.................................. 963.4 Summary .............................. 1014 Drivers of Medical Travel at the National Level ............. 1064.1 The Gravity Model .................................. 1074.1.1 Basic Structure .... 1074.1.2 Multilateral Resistance ........ 1084.1.3 Heterogeneous Firms .......... 1114.1.4 Heterogeneous Consumers ...................... 1144.1.5 Heterogeneous Products .............. 1184.1.6 Measures of Distance ........................ 1194.1.7 Summary ....................... 1204.2 Specification .......................................... 1234.3 Data ........................................ 1284.4 Estimation .............................. 1334.5 Results ......................................................... 1364.6 Summary ......................... 1485 Drivers of Medical Travel at the Hospital Level .................. 1505.1 Model ......................... 1505.2 Data ................................................... 1535.3 Estimation and Specification ....................... 1625.4 Results ...................................................... 1635.5 Summary ................................................. 1676 Drivers of Medical Tourism at the Individual Level ................. 1686.1 Interviews ............................................. 1696.1.1 Hospitals in Germany ............................. 1696.1.2 Facilitators in Germany .............................. 1716.1.3 Facilitators in Russia .............................. 1736.1.4 Results .............................................. 1746.2 Patient Survey ........................................ 1776.2.1 Questionnaire ....................................... 1786.2.2 DCE .................................................... 1806.2.3 Results ....................................... 1886.3 Summary ................................................... 2057 Connecting the Dots: Implications for Destinations and Policy Makers ..... 2088 References........................................... 215

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB29565657
  • ISBN
    • 9783030039875
  • LCCN
    2018961404
  • 出版国コード
    sz
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cham
  • ページ数/冊数
    xviii, 248 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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